General Right to Vote
Electoral Law
Law on Elections
(1999, last amended 2009)

• Article 173 states, "No one can impede...on a citizen's right to vote. Every citizen who is capable of voting...will be protected in his/her right."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1967, last amended 2004)

• Article 80 states: "Citizenship is suspended: (1) for physical or mental ineptitude which impedes acting freely and reflexively."

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Law on Elections
(1999, last amended 2009)

• Article 95 states, "Citizens, who are known to be blind and disabled and thus cannot walk without assistance, can be accompanied to the voting booth by people whom they trust."

• Constitution - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/UY/uruguay/Uruguay%20%28reformas%20hasta%202004%29.pdf/view
• Law on Elections - http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Parties/Uruguay/Leyes/LeyElecciones.pdf
• Amendments to Law on Elections (under Legislacion) - http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Electoral/Uruguay/uruguay.html